Lulz I meant the skyline on the horizon... :)

That's the Rockaways. It's like a sandbar peninsula beyond the bay.

Closer look at it here. Still needs a spire or something.



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Definitely.

In that render it looks like the roof is at the very top, as opposed to the current trend of having a parapet around exposed mechanicals, like 432 PA or WTC-1 where the actual roof is significantly lower.

There's definitely a parapet. It's to hide most of the "ugly" stop at the top, though it probably wouldn't hide the new maintenance unit.


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Nearing the height of Time Warner Center, nearly half its height...


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If only they add a spire the tower will have a huge impact on the skyline

If I may, two off-topic things:

1. Are they making TV/53W53shorter than it is for a reason? Or is it a perspective thing?

2. What's the tower being highlighted in the foreground?

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No, totally different neighborhoods. You're linking to an Extell project on the Upper West Side. This tower is in the opposite direction, near Times Square and the Port Authority Bus Terminal.

It appears to be a proposed tower at 9th Ave. and 41st Street. Maybe another planned Extell tower? There's another existing tower a block north, but it looks different.

That's an Extell property. "The Orion" 350 W 42nd.

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Perspective and location. It will look smaller than it is because of those taller buildings and the mass of buildings that surround it.

I found some unseen renders hidden in their website:

http://centralparktower.com/residences/

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Is 108 the number the real floors of this tower?

Thanks for those Streetscaper. The crown actually looks decent in those renderings.

There is no spire , i hope that they will put it at last !!!

The eastern projection of the tower rises too high. The design would be so mush more graceful if the cantilevered section was 100-150 feet shorter.

^ The problem is not the height of the cantilevered section but how poorly it integrates with the rest of the tower making it look tacked on / or a tumor. Why they give it a different facade I don’t know.

Just needs more at the top.


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This thing will be epic :cheers:

I like the lighting scheme at night illustrated by those fresh renderings. Its my belief that lighting is an integral part of the overall design of a tower, and how it works with its environment. If those renderings are a tell-tale sign of whats to come, this at night or approaching dusk, is going to look sweet.

Not overpowering, but smooth in its transition. No single point of light detracts from the overall flow of the tower from base to crown. At least I hope thats the case like in the renderings.

It's hard to tell whether the lighting scheme as seen from the N/S will continue at the Hudson profile.

Beautiful renderings. I'd love to see them with the Steinway tower added.

That dog's haircut is pretty epic too.

I'm feeling much better re. the crown with these newer renderings. It will actually look pretty distinctive even if there's no spire.

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In what respect is CPT/Nordstrom's apex a crown?

Isn't it a parapet?

I seem to recall discussions of other towers with top elements that could arguably fall into either category.

But I could be wrong.

Every floor above 70 comes with it's own Afghan hound.

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Sure takes in a whole bunch of views but give nothing in return. Dismal structure.
Like 432 PArk, they can put all the lights they want this is still an abominable blight on the skyline. A testament to space-filling engineering, with ZERO aesthetic appeal. Build it cheap, build it tall; and the result is whole bunch of awfulness going up on this site.

Like 432 PArk, they can put all the lights they want this is still an abominable blight on the skyline. A testament to space-filling engineering, with ZERO aesthetic appeal. Build it cheap, build it tall; and the result is whole bunch of awfulness going up on this site.

I'm glad this tower is so tall but the more I look at it the weirder it gets. A lot of the design choices are just very strange.

Agree. The cantilevered section does not flow with the otherwise uniformity of the tower. The recent renders actually make the cantilever look like it is another tower behind it because it doesn't match at all.

Hence the need for a robust spire to balance and unify the disparate elements :yes:

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One of the big rules of rendering is to not use people who are looking directly at the camera. Makes the viewer feel like a voyeur and creepy as hell.

Fancy dog

She looks very expensive

And so does the dog.

I bet she's really mean to children though

She's about to throw her phone at the maid and snort a line.

This is almost at the 50% mark. :cheers:

There will be the best view ever ! :)

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This one really took off once it got past the cantilever.

Is 108 the number the real floors of this tower?

Unless they have most of the prepped material in one spot ready to ship to the construction site, the façade might take more time to put up than a lot of people think.

It's somewhat more involved than a plain vanilla curtain wall.

It's advertised at 131 but around 100 will be the actual floor count.

Sneaking up very quietly on 220 CPS (and the rest of the skyline).


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